A PROMISE Before THE FIRST CRY: Love Story Rooted in an Old Albanian Tradition of Promises Made Birth.

Some promises are made before life even begins. In a quiet Albanian village, two best friends make a sacred Besë, a promise rooted in ancient tradition, that their unborn children will one day marry each-other.No ceremony. No witness.Only love, hope and the unshakable belief that some things are are simply meant to be.Years pass, life moves in direction no one planned. Sidorela grows up carrying grief and ambition in equal measure, through boarding school, University and the long quiet work to become a doctor and the women, her mother always believed she would be. Alban stay rooted in the village where he was born, working the land, tending the horses, building a family business, living with the steady, honesty of someone who has always known where exactly where he belongs.When they finally meet, something feels familiar before it should. A Promise Before the First Cry is a beautiful, deeply moving story, about love, grief, roots and destiny.About two mothers who dared to hope and two children who found each-other. For readers who believe the heart, given time, always finds its way home.